Interview with Peter Bibliography
Some answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Peter:
Does Peter have a web site of his own?
Currently Peter does not have a web site of his own.
Is any of Peter's artwork for Ant's albums such as The Geese & The Ghost and Wise After The Event available as posters or prints?
Not at the present time. Some promotional posters for The Geese & The Ghost, Wise After The Event and Sides were printed up at the time the albums were originally released - needless to say, these are now rare and collectable items. Copies of them do sometimes come up for sale on sites like Ebay. There was also a limited edition print run of the full artwork used as the cover for New England available around the time the album was originally released but the print run is now sold out.
Peter is represented by the Chris Beetles Gallery in London, who also have a number of Peter's original works available for sale.
Peter Cross was born in Guildford in 1951. He first worked as a technical illustrator for Hawker Siddeley before establishing himself as a freelance artist in the mid 1970s.
Peter's association with Ant started with a stunning cover design for The Geese And The Ghost and this has continued with a number of innovative designs for albums such as Wise After The Event and Back to the Pavilion.
In 1982 Peter's first children's book Trouble For Trumpets was published, which set a new standard for children's illustrated stories. Combining elements of Peter's rich and witty imagination, the book's artwork is full of hidden clues, jokes and puzzles. A follow up story, Trumpets in Grumpetland was published in 1984 and this again received critical acclaim. Peter also illustrated the Dinosaur Days books as well as the charming Dudley Dormouse series.
In 1988 he wrote and illustrated 1588 And All This, his first book for adults which allowed him to extend his visual humour and cross-reference to impressive effect as did 1990's Boys Own Battle of Britain. In the early 1990s Peter created a number of stunning designs for the wine merchants Wine Rack with the result that their catalogues soon became collector's items.
Peter continues to enjoy well-deserved success with his Harbottle Hamster greetings card series for Gordon Fraser which continue to delight both adults and children.
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